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CEP receptor signalling controls root system architecture in Arabidopsis and Medicago (2020)
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Chapman, K., Ivanovici, A., Taleski, M., Sturrock, C. J., Ng, J. L., Mohd‐Radzman, N. A., …Djordjevic, M. A. (2020). CEP receptor signalling controls root system architecture in Arabidopsis and Medicago. New Phytologist, 226(6), 1809-1821. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16483

© 2020 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2020 New Phytologist Trust Root system architecture (RSA) influences the effectiveness of resources acquisition from soils but the genetic networks that control RSA remain largely unclear. We used rhizoboxes, X-r... Read More about CEP receptor signalling controls root system architecture in Arabidopsis and Medicago.

The PRT6 N-degron pathway restricts VERNALIZATION 2 to endogenous hypoxic niches to modulate plant development (2020)
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Labandera, A., Tedds, H. M., Bailey, M., Sprigg, C., Etherington, R. D., Akintewe, O., …Gibbs, D. J. (2021). The PRT6 N-degron pathway restricts VERNALIZATION 2 to endogenous hypoxic niches to modulate plant development. New Phytologist, 229(1), 126-139. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16477

© 2020 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2020 New Phytologist Trust VERNALIZATION2 (VRN2), an angiosperm-specific subunit of the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2), is an oxygen (O2)-regulated target of the PCO branch of the PRT6 N-degron pathway of u... Read More about The PRT6 N-degron pathway restricts VERNALIZATION 2 to endogenous hypoxic niches to modulate plant development.

Ecosystem services for intensification of agriculture, with emphasis on increased nitrogen ecological use efficiency (2020)
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Sena, V. G., de Moura, E. G., Macedo, V. R., Aguiar, A. C., Price, A. H., Mooney, S. J., & Calonego, J. C. (2020). Ecosystem services for intensification of agriculture, with emphasis on increased nitrogen ecological use efficiency. Ecosphere, 11(2), Article e03028. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3028

© 2020 The Authors. In weathered tropical soil, low nutrient use efficiency can lead to agricultural systems becoming unsustainable. Therefore, tropical agriculture is highly dependent on ecosystem services, such as nutrient recycling and carbon sequ... Read More about Ecosystem services for intensification of agriculture, with emphasis on increased nitrogen ecological use efficiency.

Detrimental effects of uterine disease and lipopolysaccharide on luteal angiogenesis (2020)
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Mohammed, Z. A., Robinson, R. S., Harris, R., McLaughlin, Y., Turnbull, K. E., Mann, G. E., & Woad, K. J. (2020). Detrimental effects of uterine disease and lipopolysaccharide on luteal angiogenesis. Journal of Endocrinology, 245(1), 79-92. https://doi.org/10.1530/JOE-19-0443

© 2020 Society for Endocrinology Reproductive tract inflammatory disease (RTID) commonly occurs after the traumatic events of parturition and adversely affects follicular function. This study is the first to describe the cellular and steroidogenic ch... Read More about Detrimental effects of uterine disease and lipopolysaccharide on luteal angiogenesis.

Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from conversion of peat swamp forest to oil palm plantation (2020)
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Cooper, H. V., Evers, S., Aplin, P., Crout, N., Dahalan, M. P. B., & Sjogersten, S. (2020). Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from conversion of peat swamp forest to oil palm plantation. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 407. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14298-w

© 2020, The Author(s). Conversion of tropical peat swamp forest to drainage-based agriculture alters greenhouse gas (GHG) production, but the magnitude of these changes remains highly uncertain. Current emissions factors for oil palm grown on drained... Read More about Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from conversion of peat swamp forest to oil palm plantation.

Auxin-dependent control of a plasmodesmal regulator creates a negative feedback loop modulating lateral root emergence (2020)
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Sager, R., Wang, X., Hill, K., Yoo, B. C., Caplan, J., Nedo, A., …Lee, J. Y. (2020). Auxin-dependent control of a plasmodesmal regulator creates a negative feedback loop modulating lateral root emergence. Nature Communications, 11(1), Article 364. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14226-7

© 2020, The Author(s). Lateral roots originate from initial cells deep within the main root and must emerge through several overlying layers. Lateral root emergence requires the outgrowth of the new primordium (LRP) to coincide with the timely separa... Read More about Auxin-dependent control of a plasmodesmal regulator creates a negative feedback loop modulating lateral root emergence.

Short-Term Iodine Dynamics in Soil Solution (2020)
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Humphrey, O. S., Young, S. D., Crout, N. M., Bailey, E. H., Ander, E. L., & Watts, M. J. (2020). Short-Term Iodine Dynamics in Soil Solution. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(3), 1443-1450. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b02296

Assessing the reactions of iodine (I) in soil is critical to evaluate radioiodine exposure and understand soil-to-crop transfer rates. Our mechanistic understanding has been constrained by method limitations in assessing the dynamic interactions of i... Read More about Short-Term Iodine Dynamics in Soil Solution.

Geographical and seasonal variation in Iodine content of cow’s milk in the UK and consequences for the consumer´s supply (2020)
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Coneyworth, L. J., Welham, S. J., Coulthard, L. C., Bailey, E. H., Young, S. D., Stubberfield, J., …Homer, E. M. (2020). Geographical and seasonal variation in Iodine content of cow’s milk in the UK and consequences for the consumer´s supply. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 59, Article 126453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2020.126453

Background. Dairy products provide a crucial source of dietary iodine for the majority of the UK population, contributing approximately 30-40 % of daily intake. Fluctuations in the iodine content of purchased milk both seasonally and annually implies... Read More about Geographical and seasonal variation in Iodine content of cow’s milk in the UK and consequences for the consumer´s supply.

Early Responses of Brassica oleracea Roots to Zinc Supply Under Sufficient and Sub-Optimal Phosphorus Supply (2020)
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Pongrac, P., Fischer, S., Thompson, J. A., Wright, G., & White, P. J. (2020). Early Responses of Brassica oleracea Roots to Zinc Supply Under Sufficient and Sub-Optimal Phosphorus Supply. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, Article 1645. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01645

© Copyright © 2020 Pongrac, Fischer, Thompson, Wright and White. Shoot zinc (Zn) concentration in Brassica oleracea is affected by soil Zn and phosphorus (P) supply. Most problematic is the negative impact of P fertilizers on Zn concentrations in cro... Read More about Early Responses of Brassica oleracea Roots to Zinc Supply Under Sufficient and Sub-Optimal Phosphorus Supply.

Repurposing Antibacterial AM404 as a Potential Anticancer Drug for Targeting Colorectal Cancer Stem-Like Cells (2019)
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Ahmed, M., Jinks, N., Babaei-Jadidi, R., Kashfi, H., Castellanos-Uribe, M., May, S. T., …Nateri, A. S. (2019). Repurposing Antibacterial AM404 as a Potential Anticancer Drug for Targeting Colorectal Cancer Stem-Like Cells. Cancers, 12(1), Article 106. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12010106

Tumour-promoting inflammation is involved in colorectal cancer (CRC) development and therapeutic resistance. However, the antibiotics and antibacterial drugs and signalling that regulate the potency of anticancer treatment upon forced differentiation... Read More about Repurposing Antibacterial AM404 as a Potential Anticancer Drug for Targeting Colorectal Cancer Stem-Like Cells.

Mutation in OsCADT1 enhances cadmium tolerance and enriches selenium in rice grain (2019)
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Chen, J., Huang, X., Salt, D. E., & Zhao, F. (2020). Mutation in OsCADT1 enhances cadmium tolerance and enriches selenium in rice grain. New Phytologist, 226(3), 838-850. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16404

•How cadmium (Cd) tolerance in rice is regulated remains poorly understood. We used a forward genetic approach to investigate Cd tolerance in rice. •Using root elongation assay, we isolated a rice mutant with enhanced Cd tolerance, cadt1, from an EMS... Read More about Mutation in OsCADT1 enhances cadmium tolerance and enriches selenium in rice grain.

Effect of Soybean Oil and Fish Oil on Lipid-Related Transcripts in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Dairy Cows (2019)
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Vargas-Bello-Pérez, E., Bionaz, M., Garrido-Sartore, M., Cancino-Padilla, N., Morales, M. S., Romero, J., …Loor, J. J. (2019). Effect of Soybean Oil and Fish Oil on Lipid-Related Transcripts in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Dairy Cows. Animals, 10(1), Article 54. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10010054

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of long-term supplementation of unsaturated oil on lipid metabolism and transcription of genes involved in lipid metabolism in subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) of mid-lactating dairy cows. The... Read More about Effect of Soybean Oil and Fish Oil on Lipid-Related Transcripts in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Dairy Cows.

Transcriptional plasticity buffers genetic variation in zinc homeostasis (2019)
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Pita-Barbosa, A., Ricachenevsky, F. K., Wilson, M., Dottorini, T., & Salt, D. E. (2019). Transcriptional plasticity buffers genetic variation in zinc homeostasis. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 19482. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55736-0

In roots of Arabidopsis thaliana, Zn can be either loaded into the xylem for translocation to the shoot or stored in vacuoles. Vacuolar storage is achieved through the action of the Zn/Cd transporter HMA3 (Heavy Metal Atpase 3). The Col-0 accession h... Read More about Transcriptional plasticity buffers genetic variation in zinc homeostasis.

Towards infield, live plant phenotyping using a reduced-parameter CNN (2019)
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Atanbori, J., French, A. P., & Pridmore, T. P. (2020). Towards infield, live plant phenotyping using a reduced-parameter CNN. Machine Vision and Applications, 31, Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00138-019-01051-7

There is an increase in consumption of agricultural produce as a result of the rapidly growing human population, particularly in developing nations. This has triggered high-quality plant phenotyping re- search to help with the breeding of high yieldi... Read More about Towards infield, live plant phenotyping using a reduced-parameter CNN.

Neglected intermediaries in bioenergy straw supply chains: Understanding the roles of merchants, contractors and agronomists in England (2019)
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Helliwell, R., Seymour, S., & Wilson, P. (2020). Neglected intermediaries in bioenergy straw supply chains: Understanding the roles of merchants, contractors and agronomists in England. Energy Research and Social Science, 63, Article 101387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.101387

Outside of Denmark, straw-based bioenergy has seen uneven success across Europe. In the UK, straw-based bioenergy has been positioned as making a potentially important contribution to the UK government's energy and environmental objectives. However,... Read More about Neglected intermediaries in bioenergy straw supply chains: Understanding the roles of merchants, contractors and agronomists in England.

Elemental signatures of an Amazonian Dark Earth as result of its formation process (2019)
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Barbosa, J. Z., Motta, A. C. V., Corrêa, R. S., Melo, V. D. F., Muniz, A. W., Martins, G. C., …Broadley, M. R. (2020). Elemental signatures of an Amazonian Dark Earth as result of its formation process. Geoderma, 361, Article 114085. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2019.114085

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Amazonian Dark Earths (ADEs) are soils studied for archaeological purposes and as a potentially agricultural model for the humid tropic. We investigated the chemical composition of an ADE in comparison to an adjacent Ultisol with... Read More about Elemental signatures of an Amazonian Dark Earth as result of its formation process.

Prepubertal nutrition alters Leydig cell functional capacity and timing of puberty (2019)
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Anand-Ivell, R., Byrne, C. J., Arnecke, J., Fair, S., Lonergan, P., Kenny, D. A., & Richard, I. (2019). Prepubertal nutrition alters Leydig cell functional capacity and timing of puberty. PLoS ONE, 14(11), Article e0225465. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225465

Leydig cell functional capacity reflects the numbers and differentiation status of the steroidogenic Leydig cells in the testes and becomes more or less fixed in early adulthood with the final establishment of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal (HPG)... Read More about Prepubertal nutrition alters Leydig cell functional capacity and timing of puberty.

Urine selenium concentration is a useful biomarker for assessing population level selenium status (2019)
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Phiri, F. P., Ander, E. L., Lark, R. M., Bailey, E. H., Chilima, B., Gondwe, J., …Broadley, M. R. (2020). Urine selenium concentration is a useful biomarker for assessing population level selenium status. Environment International, 134, Article 105218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105218

Plasma selenium (Se) concentration is an established population level biomarker of Se status, especially in Se-deficient populations. Previously observed correlations between dietary Se intake and urinary Se excretion suggest that urine Se concentrat... Read More about Urine selenium concentration is a useful biomarker for assessing population level selenium status.